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. 2008 Feb 22;19(4):385–397. doi: 10.1007/s00198-007-0543-5

Table 3.

Ten-year fracture probability (%) in men and women from the UK with a BMI of 25 kg/m2 and no clinical risk factors according to age and T-score at the femoral neck

Age T-score (SD)
(years) +1 0 −1 −2 −3 −4
(a) Hip fracture men
50 <0.1 0.1 0.4 1.3 4.7 16.0
60 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.9 5.6 15.6
70 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.6 5.9 12.9
80 0.6 1.1 1.9 3.4 6.1 10.7
90 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.8 5.6 8.3
(b) Hip fracture women
50 <0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 3.2 11.7
60 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.4 4.4 13.5
70 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.4 6.3 16.2
80 0.5 1.0 2.1 4.4 9.5 19.7
90 1.2 2.0 3.5 5.8 9.8 16.9
(c) Osteoporotic fracturea - men
50 2.5 2.7 3.5 5.1 9.2 20.9
60 3.0 3.5 4.5 6.8 11.5 22.2
70 3.6 4.3 5.5 8.2 12.8 20.9
80 3.2 4.0 5.2 7.6 11.3 16.9
90 3.1 3.9 5.1 6.9 9.7 13.5
(d) Osteoporotic fracturea - women
50 3.0 3.3 3.8 5.2 8.5 17.7
60 4.2 4.8 5.6 7.9 12.6 23.0
70 5.6 6.8 8.4 11.5 18.2 30.4
80 5.8 7.5 10.1 13.8 21.7 34.3
90 5.1 7.1 9.9 13.8 20.0 30.3

aHip, clinical spine, humerus or forearm fracture